Deteriorating road leaves Ghazni’s Giro residents facing hardships — Pajhwok

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Residents of Giro district in southern Ghazni province say rough roads are causing serious travel difficulties and putting patients’ lives at risk during medical transfers. Several tribal elders in Giro said two or three roads connect the district with Ghazni city, but all are in poor shape. They said journeys to the provincial capital can sometimes take five to six hours. Some remote areas of Giro district are located about 100 kilometres from Ghazni city. Haji Mohammad Nabi, a tribal elder from the district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the deteriorated roads were a major problem, particularly for patients. He said travelling from Giro to Ghazni city could take five to six hours and cause serious difficulties when patients needed to be transported. In some cases, he said, patients had died before reaching health facilities. According to Nabi, several deep waterways along the route also lack suitable bridges, further worsening the situation during rains and floods. Another tribal elder, Gul Shah, said some sections of the road become impassable when water levels rise, leaving travellers facing severe difficulties. He said two people had been swept away by floodwaters along the road this year, while three members of a family died in the same area last year after being caught in floodwaters. “There are rivers and streams along…